A novel processing sequence for the formation of gated diamond field emitte
r array (triode system) is proposed and the feasibility is tested by invest
igating the field emission property. The processing scheme is based on the
selective deposition of diamond by using the well established nucleation en
hanced process on substrate, so called bias enhanced nucleation (BEN). The
structure of substrate was patterned [SiO2/Mo(Sate)SiO2(insulator)Si(100).
Our preliminary results show that the diamond field emitter is turned on at
around 87 V/mu m with the current level of about several mu A. (C) 1999 El
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